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Science Explainer: The Pacific Ring of Fire, home to 452 volcanoes

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Read the passage The Pacific Ring of Fire, home to 452 volcanoes. Then answer the questions below.
Read the passage The Pacific Ring of Fire, home to 452 volcanoes. Then answer the questions below.
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Drag each characteristic to the corresponding type of volcano boundary.

  • often causes earthquakes
  • occurs when tectonic plates slide past each other breaking off pieces
  • occurs when tectonic plates collide with and slide underneath each other
  • occurs when tectonic plates pull apart from each other
  • often causes deep trenches
  • Divergent boundary
  • Transform boundary
  • Convergent boundary
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Which statements represent major causes for the formation of the Ring of Fire? Select two correct answers.

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